Dr. Julian Emmerich

Julian specializes in banking supervisory law, securities and investment law. Special focus on advising banks and investment firms (i.a.) on licensing requirements, conduct of business rules, capital requirements and governance, cross-border M&A transactions and reorganizations of groups in the banking sector, in particular in relation to France.

Work highlights

His recent experience includes: 

• Advent International, Centerbridge and their co-investors: advising on the regulatory process in connection with the voluntary takeover offer to acquire S-Dax listed Aareal Bank AG.
• A leading international investment bank: advising in connection with the planned restructuring of the European group (including license extension and merger of two regulated group companies).
• A leading international investment bank: advice on and implementation of the licensing procedure as a so-called Class 1 investment firm with BaFin and ECB.
• Four of the world's leading international investment banks: advising on their strategic considerations in connection with Brexit, in particular on the issue of licensing requirements/EU passporting, corporate governance and risk management as well as compliance and anti-money laundering obligations. Ongoing advice to these banks on these issues, in particular on licensing requirements and the WpHG. 
• An international banking group: advising on the transfer of its German business to its French EU hub.
• Apple: advice on various regulatory issues.
• Several pension funds and private equity undertakings on voting rights notifications in connection with their shareholdings in German companies.

In 2013, Julian was a Bluebook trainee at the European Commission. He joined Linklaters as an associate in 2017 and became Managing Associate in 2021.

He was on secondment to Linklaters' Paris office in 2019.

He is a member of the Franco-German Lawyers Association.

Julian studied law at the Universities of Mainz and Paris XII (Val-de-Marne) and holds a doctorate from the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. He is a Maître en Droit.

He speaks German, English and French.

Recent publications include:

• Rechtsentwicklungen im Bankaufsichtsrecht 2021, DB-Beilage 2021, 55 (together with Andreas Dehio).

• Probleme der Anknüpfung im Rahmen der EuErbVO, zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kohärenz des europäischen IPR, Berlin 2016.